Here's a link to both a Frida Kahlo slideshow as well as an article about the US 'celebration' of 100 years since her birth.
A few years back, we saw an exhibit that included a number of well-known Frida pieces at the SAM. Her self-portrait with monkeys was included in that exhibit. I love her work. I share that love with Mina and read about Frida in the following introductory book for kids: The Artist who Painted Herself.
Here is the overview from the SAM exhibit.
January 29, 2002 - The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection on view again in Seattle 
One of the largest and finest private collections of 20th-century Mexican art, amassed by two passionate art lovers, Jacques and Natasha Gelman, will be on view in Seattle Oct. 17, 2002, through Jan. 5, 2003. The exhibition, titled "Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection" was organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, where it was on view May 14 1 Sept. 4, 2000. This collection of Mexican art includes many well-known icons such as Rivera's Calla Lily Vendor (1943), which was derived from one of his 1920s mural projects; Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkeys (1943), a still life blending traditional Mexican motifs and Surrealism (one of 10 Kahlos on view); and Siqueiros's Head of a Woman (1939), a bold, simplified portrait that reflects the innovative blending of abstraction and indigenous imagery. The Gelmans collected works by others such as María Izquierdo, José Clemente Orozco, Carlos Mérida and Rufino Tamayo. The exhibition also includes self-portraits of the artists, whom they knew as friends, and many portraits of themselves. It will be curated in Seattle by Tara Reddy, assistant curator of modern art. Prior to its presentation in Seattle, the exhibition travelled to the Dallas Museum of Art (Oct. 8, 2000- Jan. 28, 2001) and the Phoenix Art Museum (April 7-July 1, 2001).
Seattle Art Museum Special Exhibition Galleries
Oct. 17, 2002, through Jan. 5, 2003
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